Ayush Mhatre will lead the Indian Under-19 team on its multi-format tour of Australia, which begins on September 21. India will play three one-day matches and two multi-day matches against the Australian U-19 side. The team, under the leadership of Mhatre, is coming off a successful tour of England, where it won the Youth ODI…
As Shubman Gill inspected the pitch on Wednesday afternoon at The Oval, chief curator Lee Fortis stood nearby and was engaged in a chat with Akash Deep and Abhimanyu Easwaran. A few moments later Fortis walked up to Gill, head coach Gautam Gambhir, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak and chief selector Ajit Agarkar, who stood near…
There have been several intense moments between India and England in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series, with tempers flaring. However, India captain Shubman Gill made it clear that there was no animosity between the players off the pitch. Gill got into an argument with Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley at Lord’s over timewasting in the…
The Indian team management is unlikely to field Jasprit Bumrah for the fifth Test, following the medical team’s advice. Before the series got underway, it was decided that Bumrah would feature in only three fixtures to manage his workload. He has already played his quota of three Tests, and the medical team has informed the…
Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers for Northamptonshire on Day 1 of the current round of County Championship, taking four wickets against Derbyshire. Chahal removed Luis Reece, Harry Came, Brooke Guest, and Zak Chappel to finish with figures of 4-116 from 30 overs. No other bowler was able to pick more than one…
An England XI side will compete in a two-day Pink Ball match against the Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra in November ahead of the day-night Ashes Test at the Gabba. The match, taking place at the Manuka Oval on November 29 and 30, will start four days after the opening Perth Test and will conclude…
For years, India has been trying to perfect the formula to be one of the world’s best cricketing sides. From one ODI World Cup cycle to the next, a new deficiency would emerge for the outfit to tackle. For the longest time, India’s fielding was its Achilles heel. A brittle tail would often derail the…
Rishabh Pant’s foot injury during the fourth Test at Old Trafford in Manchester led to debates on whether teams should be allowed injury substitutes. While India head coach Gautam Gambhir endorsed for such a move, England captain Ben Stokes called the idea ‘ridiculous’, suggesting that such a law would introduce many loopholes for teams to exploit. “I…
Washington Sundar is a diligent learner. Not the one to express his emotions, he is always among the first to hit the nets. Once done with the session, he makes it a point to stand in one corner for a few moments and analyse his game. That has been the norm ever since he landed…
All-rounder Jamie Overton, who played the only Test match of his career back in 2022, has been recalled to the 15-member England squad for the fifth and final Test against India, starting on Thursday at the Oval. The 31-year-old Surrey all-rounder, who played three games for Chennai Super Kings in the last edition of the…